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[cbbd1e4] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-glibc" role="wrap"> |
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="glibc.html"?> |
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[3f8be484] | 10 | |
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[d785e9d] | 11 | <title>Glibc-&glibc-version;</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 12 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc"> |
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[d785e9d] | 14 | <primary sortas="a-Glibc">Glibc</primary> |
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[3f8be484] | 15 | </indexterm> |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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| 18 | <title/> |
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| 19 | |
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[d785e9d] | 20 | <para>The Glibc package contains the main C library. This library provides |
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[3f8be484] | 21 | the basic routines for allocating memory, searching directories, opening and |
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| 22 | closing files, reading and writing files, string handling, pattern matching, |
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| 23 | arithmetic, and so on.</para> |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | </sect2> |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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[d785e9d] | 28 | <title>Installation of Glibc</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 29 | |
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| 30 | <note os="z"> |
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[a1fb12f] | 31 | <para>Some packages outside of CLFS suggest installing GNU libiconv in |
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[3f8be484] | 32 | order to translate data from one encoding to another. The project's |
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| 33 | home page (<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/"/>) says |
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| 34 | <quote>This library provides an <function>iconv()</function> |
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| 35 | implementation, for use on systems which don't have one, or whose |
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[d785e9d] | 36 | implementation cannot convert from/to Unicode.</quote> Glibc provides |
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[3f8be484] | 37 | an <function>iconv()</function> implementation and can convert from/to |
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[a1fb12f] | 38 | Unicode, therefore libiconv is not required on a CLFS system.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 39 | </note> |
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| 40 | |
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[22cd957] | 41 | <para os="l1">At the end of the installation, the build system will run |
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[0646479] | 42 | a sanity test to make sure everything installed properly. This script |
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| 43 | performs its tests by attempting to compile test programs against certain |
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| 44 | libraries. However it does not specify the path to |
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| 45 | <filename class="libraryfile">ld.so</filename>, and our toolchain |
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[1393767] | 46 | is still configured to use the one in |
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| 47 | <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. The following set of |
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| 48 | commands will force the script to use the complete path of the new |
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| 49 | <filename class="libraryfile">ld.so</filename> that was just installed:</para> |
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[22cd957] | 50 | |
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[0646479] | 51 | <screen os="l2"><userinput>LINKER=$(readelf -l /tools/bin/bash | sed -n 's@.*interpret.*/tools\(.*\)]$@\1@p') |
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[d8f87e8] | 52 | sed -i "s|libs -o|libs -L/usr/lib -Wl,-dynamic-linker=${LINKER} -o|" \ |
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| 53 | scripts/test-installation.pl |
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| 54 | unset LINKER</userinput></screen> |
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| 55 | |
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[d785e9d] | 56 | <para os="b">The Glibc build system is self-contained and will install |
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[3f8be484] | 57 | perfectly, even though the compiler specs file and linker are still |
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| 58 | pointing at <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. The specs |
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[d785e9d] | 59 | and linker cannot be adjusted before the Glibc install because the |
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| 60 | Glibc Autoconf tests would give false results and defeat the goal |
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[3f8be484] | 61 | of achieving a clean build.</para> |
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| 62 | |
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[1393767] | 63 | <para os="s1">Apply the following <command>sed</command> so the |
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| 64 | <command>tzselect</command> script works properly:</para> |
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[00a58649] | 65 | |
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[bfd8749] | 66 | <screen os="s2"><userinput>sed -i 's/\\$$(pwd)/`pwd`/' timezone/Makefile</userinput></screen> |
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[00a58649] | 67 | |
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[d785e9d] | 68 | <para os="e">The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 69 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 70 | <screen os="f"><userinput>mkdir -v ../glibc-build |
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| 71 | cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 72 | |
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[d785e9d] | 73 | <para os="g">Prepare Glibc for compilation:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 74 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 75 | <screen os="h"><userinput>../glibc-&glibc-version;/configure --prefix=/usr \ |
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[11e2d29] | 76 | --disable-profile --enable-kernel=&glibc-kernel-version; --libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc \ |
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[52ed4da] | 77 | --enable-obsolete-rpc</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 78 | |
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| 79 | <variablelist os="i"> |
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| 80 | <title>The meaning of the new configure option:</title> |
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| 81 | |
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| 82 | <varlistentry> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 83 | <term><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc</parameter></term> |
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[3f8be484] | 84 | <listitem> |
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[606a758] | 85 | <para>This changes the location for hard links to the |
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| 86 | <command>getconf</command> utility from their default of <filename |
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[3f8be484] | 87 | class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename> to <filename |
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[cbbd1e4] | 88 | class="directory">/usr/lib/glibc</filename>.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 89 | </listitem> |
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| 90 | </varlistentry> |
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| 91 | </variablelist> |
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| 92 | |
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| 93 | <para os="j">Compile the package:</para> |
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| 94 | |
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| 95 | <screen os="k"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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| 96 | |
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| 97 | <important os="l"> |
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[d4469fc] | 98 | <para>Due to Glibc's critical role in a properly functioning system, |
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| 99 | the CLFS developers strongly recommend running the testsuite.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 100 | </important> |
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| 101 | |
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[1b48cb6] | 102 | <para os="m">Use the following commands to run the test suite and output |
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[37957f4] | 103 | any test failures:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 104 | |
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| 105 | <!-- items n,o,p no longer the master, use x86_64 which has no failures --> |
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| 106 | |
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[37957f4] | 107 | <screen os="n"><userinput remap="test">make -k check 2>&1 | tee glibc-check-log; grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 108 | |
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[d785e9d] | 109 | <para os="o">The Glibc test suite is highly dependent on certain functions of |
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[767a2a5] | 110 | the host system, in particular the kernel. The <emphasis>posix/annexc</emphasis> and |
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| 111 | <emphasis>conform/run-conformtest</emphasis> tests normally fail |
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[10b2850] | 112 | and you should see <literal>Error 1 (ignored)</literal> in the output. Apart |
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[d785e9d] | 113 | from this, the Glibc test suite is always expected to pass. However, in certain |
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[10b2850] | 114 | circumstances, some failures are unavoidable. If a test fails because of a missing |
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| 115 | program (or missing symbolic link), or a segfault, you will see an error code |
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| 116 | greater than 127 and the details will be in the log. More commonly, tests will |
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| 117 | fail with <literal>Error 2</literal> - for these, the contents of the corresponding |
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| 118 | <filename>.out</filename> file, e.g. <filename>posix/annexc.out</filename> may be |
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| 119 | informative. Here is a list of the most common issues:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 120 | |
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| 121 | <itemizedlist os="p"> |
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[767a2a5] | 122 | <listitem> |
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| 123 | <para>The <emphasis>nptl/tst-clock2</emphasis>, |
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| 124 | <emphasis>nptl/tst-attr3</emphasis>, |
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| 125 | <emphasis>tst/tst-cputimer1</emphasis>, and |
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| 126 | <emphasis>rt/tst-cpuclock2</emphasis> |
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| 127 | tests have been known to fail. The |
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| 128 | reason is not completely understood, but indications are that minor |
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| 129 | timing issues can trigger these failures.</para> |
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| 130 | </listitem> |
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[3f8be484] | 131 | <listitem> |
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[3514708] | 132 | <para>The <emphasis>math</emphasis> tests sometimes fail. |
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| 133 | Certain optimization settings are known to be a |
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| 134 | factor here.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 135 | </listitem> |
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| 136 | <listitem> |
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[fb40919] | 137 | <para>If you have mounted the CLFS partition with the |
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[3f8be484] | 138 | <parameter>noatime</parameter> option, the <emphasis>atime</emphasis> test |
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| 139 | will fail. As mentioned in <xref linkend="ch-partitioning-mounting"/>, |
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| 140 | do not use the <parameter>noatime</parameter> option while building |
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[fb40919] | 141 | CLFS.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 142 | </listitem> |
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| 143 | <listitem> |
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| 144 | <para>When running on older and slower hardware, some tests |
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[767a2a5] | 145 | can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded. |
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| 146 | Modifying the make check command to set a TIMEOUTFACTOR is reported to |
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| 147 | help eliminate these errors (e.g. <command>TIMEOUTFACTOR=16 |
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| 148 | make -k check</command>).</para> |
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| 149 | </listitem> |
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| 150 | <listitem> |
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| 151 | <para>posix/tst-getaddrinfo4 will always fail due to not having a network |
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| 152 | connection when the test is run.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 153 | </listitem> |
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| 154 | </itemizedlist> |
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| 155 | |
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[d785e9d] | 156 | <para os="q">Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will |
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[3f8be484] | 157 | complain about the absence of <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>. |
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| 158 | Prevent this warning with:</para> |
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| 159 | |
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| 160 | <screen os="r"><userinput>touch /etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen> |
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| 161 | |
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[e57ce38] | 162 | <para os="s">Install the package, and remove unneeded files from |
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| 163 | <filename class="directory">/usr/include/rpcsvc</filename>:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 164 | |
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[e57ce38] | 165 | <screen os="t"><userinput>make install && |
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| 166 | rm -v /usr/include/rpcsvc/*.x</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 167 | |
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[cf9aa7e] | 168 | <para os="u">Install the configuration file and runtime directory for |
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[dff9ef7] | 169 | <command>nscd</command>:</para> |
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[cf9aa7e] | 170 | |
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[9d3e12f] | 171 | <screen os="v"><userinput>cp -v ../glibc-&glibc-version;/nscd/nscd.conf /etc/nscd.conf |
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[cf9aa7e] | 172 | mkdir -pv /var/cache/nscd</userinput></screen> |
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| 173 | |
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[0131d1b] | 174 | <para os="w">Install the systemd support files for <command>nscd</command>:</para> |
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[cf9aa7e] | 175 | |
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[9d3e12f] | 176 | <screen os="x"><userinput>install -v -Dm644 ../glibc-&glibc-version;/nscd/nscd.tmpfiles /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/nscd.conf |
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| 177 | install -v -Dm644 ../glibc-version-&glibc-version;/nscd/nscd.service /lib/systemd/system/nscd.service</userinput></screen> |
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[cf9aa7e] | 178 | |
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[3f8be484] | 179 | </sect2> |
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| 180 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 181 | <sect2 id="i18n-glibc" role="configuration"> |
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[3f8be484] | 182 | <title>Internationalization</title> |
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| 183 | |
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| 184 | <para>The locales that can make the system respond in a different |
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[5a321cb] | 185 | language were not installed by the above command. Install them |
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[3f8be484] | 186 | with:</para> |
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| 187 | |
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| 188 | <screen><userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen> |
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| 189 | |
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| 190 | <para>To save time, an alternative to running the previous command (which |
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[643f8be] | 191 | generates and installs every locale listed in the |
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[cbbd1e4] | 192 | <filename>glibc-&glibc-version;/localedata/SUPPORTED</filename> file) is |
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[e7aadbe] | 193 | to install only those locales that are wanted and needed. This can be |
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| 194 | achieved by using the <command>localedef</command> command. Information on |
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| 195 | this command is located in the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file in the |
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[d785e9d] | 196 | Glibc source. However, there are a number of locales that are essential in |
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[e7aadbe] | 197 | order for the tests of future packages to pass, in particular, the |
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[3f8be484] | 198 | <emphasis>libstdc++</emphasis> tests from GCC. The following instructions, |
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| 199 | instead of the <parameter>install-locales</parameter> target used above, |
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| 200 | will install the minimum set of locales necessary for the tests to run |
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| 201 | successfully:</para> |
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| 202 | |
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[3a3e135] | 203 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/lib/locale |
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[8a10f1c] | 204 | localedef -i cs_CZ -f UTF-8 cs_CZ.UTF-8 |
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[3f8be484] | 205 | localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE |
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| 206 | localedef -i de_DE@euro -f ISO-8859-15 de_DE@euro |
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| 207 | localedef -i en_HK -f ISO-8859-1 en_HK |
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| 208 | localedef -i en_PH -f ISO-8859-1 en_PH |
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| 209 | localedef -i en_US -f ISO-8859-1 en_US |
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| 210 | localedef -i es_MX -f ISO-8859-1 es_MX |
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| 211 | localedef -i fa_IR -f UTF-8 fa_IR |
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| 212 | localedef -i fr_FR -f ISO-8859-1 fr_FR |
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| 213 | localedef -i fr_FR@euro -f ISO-8859-15 fr_FR@euro |
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| 214 | localedef -i it_IT -f ISO-8859-1 it_IT |
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| 215 | localedef -i ja_JP -f EUC-JP ja_JP</userinput></screen> |
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| 216 | |
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| 217 | <para>Some locales installed by the <command>make |
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| 218 | localedata/install-locales</command> command above are not properly |
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[e3a8717] | 219 | supported by some applications that are in CLFS and CBLFS. Because |
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[3f8be484] | 220 | of the various problems that arise due to application programmers making |
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[fb40919] | 221 | assumptions that break in such locales, CLFS should not be used in locales |
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[3f8be484] | 222 | that utilize multibyte character sets (including UTF-8) or right-to-left |
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| 223 | writing order. Numerous unofficial and unstable patches are required to |
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[fb40919] | 224 | fix these problems, and it has been decided by the CLFS developers not to |
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[643f8be] | 225 | support such complex locales at this time. This applies to the ja_JP and |
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| 226 | fa_IR locales as well—they have been installed only for GCC and |
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| 227 | Gettext tests to pass, and the <command>watch</command> program (part of |
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[8184788] | 228 | the Procps-ng package) does not work properly in them. Various attempts to |
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[643f8be] | 229 | circumvent these restrictions are documented in internationalization-related |
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| 230 | hints.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 231 | |
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| 232 | </sect2> |
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| 233 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 234 | <sect2 id="conf-glibc" role="configuration"> |
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[d785e9d] | 235 | <title>Configuring Glibc</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 236 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 237 | <indexterm zone="conf-glibc"> |
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[3f8be484] | 238 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/nsswitch.conf">/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary> |
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| 239 | </indexterm> |
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| 240 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 241 | <indexterm zone="conf-glibc"> |
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[3f8be484] | 242 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/localtime">/etc/localtime</primary> |
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| 243 | </indexterm> |
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| 244 | |
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| 245 | <para>The <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file needs to be created |
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[d785e9d] | 246 | because, although Glibc provides defaults when this file is missing or |
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| 247 | corrupt, the Glibc defaults do not work well in a networked environment. |
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[3f8be484] | 248 | The time zone also needs to be configured.</para> |
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| 249 | |
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| 250 | <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> by running |
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| 251 | the following:</para> |
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| 252 | |
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| 253 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/nsswitch.conf << "EOF" |
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| 254 | <literal># Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf |
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| 255 | |
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| 256 | passwd: files |
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| 257 | group: files |
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| 258 | shadow: files |
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| 259 | |
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| 260 | hosts: files dns |
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| 261 | networks: files |
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| 262 | |
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| 263 | protocols: files |
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| 264 | services: files |
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| 265 | ethers: files |
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| 266 | rpc: files |
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| 267 | |
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| 268 | # End /etc/nsswitch.conf</literal> |
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| 269 | EOF</userinput></screen> |
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| 270 | |
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[52ed4da] | 271 | <para>Install timezone data:</para> |
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| 272 | <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../tzdata&tzdata-version;.tar.gz |
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| 273 | |
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| 274 | ZONEINFO=/usr/share/zoneinfo |
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| 275 | mkdir -pv $ZONEINFO/{posix,right} |
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| 276 | |
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| 277 | for tz in etcetera southamerica northamerica europe africa antarctica \ |
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[6e778c3] | 278 | asia australasia backward pacificnew \ |
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[52ed4da] | 279 | systemv; do |
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| 280 | zic -L /dev/null -d $ZONEINFO -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz} |
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| 281 | zic -L /dev/null -d $ZONEINFO/posix -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz} |
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| 282 | zic -L leapseconds -d $ZONEINFO/right -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz} |
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| 283 | done |
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| 284 | |
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| 285 | cp -v zone.tab iso3166.tab $ZONEINFO |
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| 286 | zic -d $ZONEINFO -p America/New_York |
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| 287 | unset ZONEINFO</userinput></screen> |
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| 288 | |
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| 289 | <variablelist> |
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| 290 | <title>The meaning of the zic commands:</title> |
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| 291 | |
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| 292 | <varlistentry> |
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| 293 | <term><parameter>zic -L /dev/null ...</parameter></term> |
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| 294 | <listitem> |
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| 295 | <para>This creates posix timezones, without any leap seconds. It is |
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| 296 | conventional to put these in both |
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| 297 | <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename> and |
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| 298 | <filename class="directory">zoneinfo/posix</filename>. It is |
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| 299 | necessary to put the POSIX timezones in |
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| 300 | <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename>, otherwise various |
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| 301 | test-suites will report errors. On an embedded system, where space is |
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| 302 | tight and you do not intend to ever update the timezones, you could save |
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| 303 | 1.9MB by not using the <filename class="directory">posix</filename> |
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| 304 | directory, but some applications or test-suites might give less good |
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| 305 | results</para> |
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| 306 | </listitem> |
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| 307 | </varlistentry> |
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| 308 | <varlistentry> |
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| 309 | <term><parameter>zic -L leapseconds ...</parameter></term> |
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| 310 | <listitem> |
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| 311 | <para>This creates right timezones, including leap seconds. On an |
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| 312 | embedded system, where space is tight and you do not intend to |
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| 313 | ever update the timezones, or care about the correct time, you could |
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| 314 | save 1.9MB by omitting the <filename class="directory">right</filename> |
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| 315 | directory.</para> |
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| 316 | </listitem> |
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| 317 | </varlistentry> |
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| 318 | <varlistentry> |
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| 319 | <term><parameter>zic ... -p ...</parameter></term> |
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| 320 | <listitem> |
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| 321 | <para>This creates the <filename>posixrules</filename> file. We use |
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| 322 | New York because POSIX requires the daylight savings time rules |
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| 323 | to be in accordance with US rules.</para> |
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| 324 | </listitem> |
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| 325 | </varlistentry> |
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| 326 | </variablelist> |
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| 327 | |
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[3f8be484] | 328 | <para>To determine the local time zone, run the following script:</para> |
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| 329 | |
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[0f3854e] | 330 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>tzselect</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 331 | |
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| 332 | <para>After answering a few questions about the location, the script will |
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| 333 | output the name of the time zone (e.g., <emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> or |
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| 334 | <emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis>). Then create the |
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| 335 | <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by running:</para> |
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| 336 | |
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[63cad62f] | 337 | <screen><userinput>cp -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \ |
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[3f8be484] | 338 | /etc/localtime</userinput></screen> |
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| 339 | |
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| 340 | <para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the time zone |
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| 341 | that <command>tzselect</command> provided (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para> |
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| 342 | |
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| 343 | </sect2> |
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| 344 | |
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| 345 | <sect2 id="conf-ld" role="configuration"> |
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[0b637f1] | 346 | <title>Configuring The Dynamic Loader</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 347 | |
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| 348 | <indexterm zone="conf-ld"> |
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| 349 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/ld.so.conf">/etc/ld.so.conf</primary> |
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| 350 | </indexterm> |
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| 351 | |
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[3998188] | 352 | <para os="ld-a">By default, the dynamic loader (<filename |
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[3f8be484] | 353 | class="libraryfile">/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>) searches through |
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| 354 | <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and <filename |
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| 355 | class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> for dynamic libraries that are |
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| 356 | needed by programs as they are run. However, if there are libraries in |
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| 357 | directories other than <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and |
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| 358 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, these need to be |
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| 359 | added to the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file in order |
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| 360 | for the dynamic loader to find them. Two directories that are commonly |
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| 361 | known to contain additional libraries are <filename |
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| 362 | class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> and <filename |
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| 363 | class="directory">/opt/lib</filename>, so add those directories to the |
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| 364 | dynamic loader's search path.</para> |
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| 365 | |
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[3998188] | 366 | <para os="ld-b">Create a new file <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> by running the |
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[3f8be484] | 367 | following:</para> |
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| 368 | |
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[3998188] | 369 | <screen os="ld-c"><userinput>cat > /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF" |
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[3f8be484] | 370 | <literal># Begin /etc/ld.so.conf |
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| 371 | |
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| 372 | /usr/local/lib |
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| 373 | /opt/lib |
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| 374 | |
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| 375 | # End /etc/ld.so.conf</literal> |
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| 376 | EOF</userinput></screen> |
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| 377 | |
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| 378 | </sect2> |
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| 379 | |
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[cbbd1e4] | 380 | <sect2 id="contents-glibc" role="content"> |
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[d785e9d] | 381 | <title>Contents of Glibc</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 382 | |
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| 383 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 384 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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| 385 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> |
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[61ad0b7f] | 386 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle> |
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[3f8be484] | 387 | |
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| 388 | <seglistitem> |
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| 389 | <seg>catchsegv, gencat, getconf, getent, iconv, iconvconfig, ldconfig, |
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[2b220db9] | 390 | ldd, lddlibc4, locale, localedef, makedb, mtrace, nscd, |
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[6d3523f] | 391 | pcprofiledump, pldd, rpcgen, sln, sotruss, sprof, tzselect, xtrace, |
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[f698055a] | 392 | zdump, zic</seg> |
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[3f8be484] | 393 | <seg>ld.so, libBrokenLocale.[a,so], libSegFault.so, libanl.[a,so], |
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[aeb5c611] | 394 | libc.[a,so], libc_nonshared.a, libcidn.[a,so], libcrypt.[a,so], |
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| 395 | libdl.[a,so], libg.a, libieee.a, libm.[a,so], libmcheck.a, |
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| 396 | libmemusage.so, libnsl.a, libnss_compat.so, libnss_dns.so, |
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[188b6b2] | 397 | libnss_files.so, libnss_hesiod.so, libnss_nis.so, libnss_nisplus.so, |
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| 398 | libpcprofile.so, libpthread.[a,so], libpthread_nonshared.a, |
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[f698055a] | 399 | libresolv.[a,so], librpcsvc.a, librt.[a,so], libthread_db.so, |
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[3f8be484] | 400 | libutil.[a,so]</seg> |
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[61ad0b7f] | 401 | <seg>/usr/include/arpa, /usr/include/bits, /usr/include/gnu, |
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| 402 | /usr/include/net, /usr/include/netash, /usr/include/netatalk, |
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| 403 | /usr/include/netax25, /usr/include/neteconet, /usr/include/netinet, |
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| 404 | /usr/include/netipx, /usr/include/netiucv, /usr/include/netpacket, |
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| 405 | /usr/include/netrom, /usr/include/netrose, /usr/include/nfs, |
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| 406 | /usr/include/protocols, /usr/include/rpc, /usr/include/rpcsvc, |
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[6d3523f] | 407 | /usr/include/sys, /usr/lib/audit, /usr/lib/gconv, /usr/lib/glibc, /usr/lib/locale, |
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[f698055a] | 408 | /usr/share/i18n, /usr/share/zoneinfo, /var/cache/ldconfig, |
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[cf9aa7e] | 409 | /var/cache/nscd</seg> |
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[3f8be484] | 410 | </seglistitem> |
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| 411 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 412 | |
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| 413 | <variablelist> |
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| 414 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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| 415 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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| 416 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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| 417 | |
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| 418 | <varlistentry id="catchsegv"> |
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| 419 | <term><command>catchsegv</command></term> |
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| 420 | <listitem> |
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| 421 | <para>Can be used to create a stack trace when a program |
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| 422 | terminates with a segmentation fault</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 423 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc catchsegv"> |
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[3f8be484] | 424 | <primary sortas="b-catchsegv">catchsegv</primary> |
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| 425 | </indexterm> |
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| 426 | </listitem> |
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| 427 | </varlistentry> |
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| 428 | |
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| 429 | <varlistentry id="gencat"> |
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| 430 | <term><command>gencat</command></term> |
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| 431 | <listitem> |
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| 432 | <para>Generates message catalogues</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 433 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc gencat"> |
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[3f8be484] | 434 | <primary sortas="b-gencat">gencat</primary> |
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| 435 | </indexterm> |
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| 436 | </listitem> |
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| 437 | </varlistentry> |
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| 438 | |
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| 439 | <varlistentry id="getconf"> |
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| 440 | <term><command>getconf</command></term> |
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| 441 | <listitem> |
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| 442 | <para>Displays the system configuration values for file system specific |
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| 443 | variables</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 444 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getconf"> |
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[3f8be484] | 445 | <primary sortas="b-getconf">getconf</primary> |
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| 446 | </indexterm> |
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| 447 | </listitem> |
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| 448 | </varlistentry> |
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| 449 | |
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| 450 | <varlistentry id="getent"> |
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| 451 | <term><command>getent</command></term> |
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| 452 | <listitem> |
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| 453 | <para>Gets entries from an administrative database</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 454 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getent"> |
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[3f8be484] | 455 | <primary sortas="b-getent">getent</primary> |
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| 456 | </indexterm> |
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| 457 | </listitem> |
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| 458 | </varlistentry> |
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| 459 | |
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| 460 | <varlistentry id="iconv"> |
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| 461 | <term><command>iconv</command></term> |
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| 462 | <listitem> |
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| 463 | <para>Performs character set conversion</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 464 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconv"> |
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[3f8be484] | 465 | <primary sortas="b-iconv">iconv</primary> |
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| 466 | </indexterm> |
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| 467 | </listitem> |
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| 468 | </varlistentry> |
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| 469 | |
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| 470 | <varlistentry id="iconvconfig"> |
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| 471 | <term><command>iconvconfig</command></term> |
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| 472 | <listitem> |
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| 473 | <para>Creates fastloading <command>iconv</command> module configuration |
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| 474 | files</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 475 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconvconfig"> |
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[3f8be484] | 476 | <primary sortas="b-iconvconfig">iconvconfig</primary> |
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| 477 | </indexterm> |
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| 478 | </listitem> |
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| 479 | </varlistentry> |
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| 480 | |
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| 481 | <varlistentry id="ldconfig"> |
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| 482 | <term><command>ldconfig</command></term> |
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| 483 | <listitem> |
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| 484 | <para>Configures the dynamic linker runtime bindings</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 485 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldconfig"> |
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[3f8be484] | 486 | <primary sortas="b-ldconfig">ldconfig</primary> |
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| 487 | </indexterm> |
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| 488 | </listitem> |
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| 489 | </varlistentry> |
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| 490 | |
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| 491 | <varlistentry id="ldd"> |
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| 492 | <term><command>ldd</command></term> |
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| 493 | <listitem> |
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| 494 | <para>Reports which shared libraries are required |
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| 495 | by each given program or shared library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 496 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldd"> |
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[3f8be484] | 497 | <primary sortas="b-ldd">ldd</primary> |
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| 498 | </indexterm> |
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| 499 | </listitem> |
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| 500 | </varlistentry> |
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| 501 | |
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| 502 | <varlistentry id="lddlibc4"> |
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| 503 | <term><command>lddlibc4</command></term> |
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| 504 | <listitem> |
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| 505 | <para>Assists <command>ldd</command> with object files</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 506 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc lddlibc4"> |
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[3f8be484] | 507 | <primary sortas="b-lddlibc4">lddlibc4</primary> |
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| 508 | </indexterm> |
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| 509 | </listitem> |
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| 510 | </varlistentry> |
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| 511 | |
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| 512 | <varlistentry id="locale"> |
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| 513 | <term><command>locale</command></term> |
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| 514 | <listitem> |
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| 515 | <para>Tells the compiler to enable or disable the use of POSIX locales |
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| 516 | for built-in operations</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 517 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc locale"> |
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[3f8be484] | 518 | <primary sortas="b-locale">locale</primary> |
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| 519 | </indexterm> |
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| 520 | </listitem> |
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| 521 | </varlistentry> |
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| 522 | |
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| 523 | <varlistentry id="localedef"> |
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| 524 | <term><command>localedef</command></term> |
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| 525 | <listitem> |
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| 526 | <para>Compiles locale specifications</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 527 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc localedef"> |
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[3f8be484] | 528 | <primary sortas="b-localedef">localedef</primary> |
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| 529 | </indexterm> |
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| 530 | </listitem> |
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| 531 | </varlistentry> |
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| 532 | |
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[2b220db9] | 533 | <varlistentry id="makedb"> |
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| 534 | <term><command>makedb</command></term> |
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| 535 | <listitem> |
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| 536 | <para>Creates a simple database from textual input</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 537 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc makedb"> |
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[2b220db9] | 538 | <primary sortas="b-makedb">makedb</primary> |
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| 539 | </indexterm> |
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| 540 | </listitem> |
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| 541 | </varlistentry> |
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| 542 | |
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[3f8be484] | 543 | <varlistentry id="mtrace"> |
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| 544 | <term><command>mtrace</command></term> |
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| 545 | <listitem> |
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| 546 | <para>Reads and interprets a memory trace file and |
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| 547 | displays a summary in human-readable format</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 548 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc mtrace"> |
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[3f8be484] | 549 | <primary sortas="b-mtrace">mtrace</primary> |
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| 550 | </indexterm> |
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| 551 | </listitem> |
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| 552 | </varlistentry> |
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| 553 | |
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| 554 | <varlistentry id="nscd"> |
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| 555 | <term><command>nscd</command></term> |
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| 556 | <listitem> |
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| 557 | <para>A daemon that provides a cache for the most common name |
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| 558 | service requests</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 559 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd"> |
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[3f8be484] | 560 | <primary sortas="b-nscd">nscd</primary> |
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| 561 | </indexterm> |
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| 562 | </listitem> |
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| 563 | </varlistentry> |
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| 564 | |
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| 565 | <varlistentry id="pcprofiledump"> |
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| 566 | <term><command>pcprofiledump</command></term> |
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| 567 | <listitem> |
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| 568 | <para>Dumps information generated by PC profiling</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 569 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pcprofiledump"> |
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[3f8be484] | 570 | <primary sortas="b-pcprofiledump">pcprofiledump</primary> |
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| 571 | </indexterm> |
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| 572 | </listitem> |
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| 573 | </varlistentry> |
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| 574 | |
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[2b220db9] | 575 | <varlistentry id="pldd"> |
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| 576 | <term><command>pldd</command></term> |
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| 577 | <listitem> |
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| 578 | <para>Lists dynamic shared objects used by running processes</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 579 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pldd"> |
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[2b220db9] | 580 | <primary sortas="b-pldd">pldd</primary> |
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| 581 | </indexterm> |
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| 582 | </listitem> |
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| 583 | </varlistentry> |
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| 584 | |
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[3f8be484] | 585 | <varlistentry id="rpcgen"> |
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| 586 | <term><command>rpcgen</command></term> |
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| 587 | <listitem> |
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| 588 | <para>Generates C code to implement the Remote Procecure Call (RPC) |
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| 589 | protocol</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 590 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcgen"> |
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[3f8be484] | 591 | <primary sortas="b-rpcgen">rpcgen</primary> |
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| 592 | </indexterm> |
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| 593 | </listitem> |
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| 594 | </varlistentry> |
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| 595 | |
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| 596 | <varlistentry id="sln"> |
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| 597 | <term><command>sln</command></term> |
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| 598 | <listitem> |
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[7087cbc] | 599 | <para>A statically linked program that creates symbolic links</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 600 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sln"> |
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[3f8be484] | 601 | <primary sortas="b-sln">sln</primary> |
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| 602 | </indexterm> |
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| 603 | </listitem> |
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| 604 | </varlistentry> |
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| 605 | |
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[2b220db9] | 606 | <varlistentry id="sotruss"> |
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| 607 | <term><command>sotruss</command></term> |
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| 608 | <listitem> |
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| 609 | <para>Traces shared library procedure calls of a specified command</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 610 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sotruss"> |
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[2b220db9] | 611 | <primary sortas="b-sotruss">sotruss</primary> |
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| 612 | </indexterm> |
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| 613 | </listitem> |
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| 614 | </varlistentry> |
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| 615 | |
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[3f8be484] | 616 | <varlistentry id="sprof"> |
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| 617 | <term><command>sprof</command></term> |
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| 618 | <listitem> |
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| 619 | <para>Reads and displays shared object profiling data</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 620 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sprof"> |
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[3f8be484] | 621 | <primary sortas="b-sprof">sprof</primary> |
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| 622 | </indexterm> |
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| 623 | </listitem> |
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| 624 | </varlistentry> |
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| 625 | |
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| 626 | <varlistentry id="tzselect"> |
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| 627 | <term><command>tzselect</command></term> |
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| 628 | <listitem> |
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| 629 | <para>Asks the user about the location of the |
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| 630 | system and reports the corresponding time zone description</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 631 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc tzselect"> |
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[3f8be484] | 632 | <primary sortas="b-tzselect">tzselect</primary> |
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| 633 | </indexterm> |
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| 634 | </listitem> |
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| 635 | </varlistentry> |
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| 636 | |
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| 637 | <varlistentry id="xtrace"> |
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| 638 | <term><command>xtrace</command></term> |
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| 639 | <listitem> |
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| 640 | <para>Traces the execution of a program by |
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| 641 | printing the currently executed function</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 642 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc xtrace"> |
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[3f8be484] | 643 | <primary sortas="b-xtrace">xtrace</primary> |
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| 644 | </indexterm> |
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| 645 | </listitem> |
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| 646 | </varlistentry> |
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| 647 | |
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| 648 | <varlistentry id="zdump"> |
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| 649 | <term><command>zdump</command></term> |
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| 650 | <listitem> |
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| 651 | <para>The time zone dumper</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 652 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zdump"> |
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[3f8be484] | 653 | <primary sortas="b-zdump">zdump</primary> |
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| 654 | </indexterm> |
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| 655 | </listitem> |
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| 656 | </varlistentry> |
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| 657 | |
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| 658 | <varlistentry id="zic"> |
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| 659 | <term><command>zic</command></term> |
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| 660 | <listitem> |
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| 661 | <para>The time zone compiler</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 662 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zic"> |
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[3f8be484] | 663 | <primary sortas="b-zic">zic</primary> |
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| 664 | </indexterm> |
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| 665 | </listitem> |
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| 666 | </varlistentry> |
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| 667 | |
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| 668 | <varlistentry id="ld.so"> |
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| 669 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">ld.so</filename></term> |
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| 670 | <listitem> |
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| 671 | <para>The helper program for shared library executables</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 672 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ld.so"> |
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[3f8be484] | 673 | <primary sortas="c-ld.so">ld.so</primary> |
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| 674 | </indexterm> |
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| 675 | </listitem> |
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| 676 | </varlistentry> |
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| 677 | |
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| 678 | <varlistentry id="libBrokenLocale"> |
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| 679 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libBrokenLocale</filename></term> |
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| 680 | <listitem> |
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| 681 | <para>Used by programs, such as Mozilla, to solve broken locales</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 682 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libBrokenLocale"> |
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[3f8be484] | 683 | <primary sortas="c-libBrokenLocale">libBrokenLocale</primary> |
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| 684 | </indexterm> |
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| 685 | </listitem> |
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| 686 | </varlistentry> |
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| 687 | |
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| 688 | <varlistentry id="libSegFault"> |
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| 689 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libSegFault</filename></term> |
---|
| 690 | <listitem> |
---|
| 691 | <para>The segmentation fault signal handler</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 692 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libSegFault"> |
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[3f8be484] | 693 | <primary sortas="c-libSegFault">libSegFault</primary> |
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| 694 | </indexterm> |
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| 695 | </listitem> |
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| 696 | </varlistentry> |
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| 697 | |
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| 698 | <varlistentry id="libanl"> |
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| 699 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libanl</filename></term> |
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| 700 | <listitem> |
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| 701 | <para>An asynchronous name lookup library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 702 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libanl"> |
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[3f8be484] | 703 | <primary sortas="c-libanl">libanl</primary> |
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| 704 | </indexterm> |
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| 705 | </listitem> |
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| 706 | </varlistentry> |
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| 707 | |
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| 708 | <varlistentry id="libc"> |
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| 709 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></term> |
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| 710 | <listitem> |
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| 711 | <para>The main C library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 712 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libc"> |
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[3f8be484] | 713 | <primary sortas="c-libc">libc</primary> |
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| 714 | </indexterm> |
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| 715 | </listitem> |
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| 716 | </varlistentry> |
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| 717 | |
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[188b6b2] | 718 | <varlistentry id="libcidn"> |
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| 719 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcidn</filename></term> |
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| 720 | <listitem> |
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[d785e9d] | 721 | <para>Used internally by Glibc for handling internationalized domain |
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[188b6b2] | 722 | names in the <function>getaddrinfo()</function> function</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 723 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcidn"> |
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[188b6b2] | 724 | <primary sortas="c-libcidn">libcidn</primary> |
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| 725 | </indexterm> |
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| 726 | </listitem> |
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| 727 | </varlistentry> |
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| 728 | |
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[3f8be484] | 729 | <varlistentry id="libcrypt"> |
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| 730 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrypt</filename></term> |
---|
| 731 | <listitem> |
---|
| 732 | <para>The cryptography library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 733 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcrypt"> |
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[3f8be484] | 734 | <primary sortas="c-libcrypt">libcrypt</primary> |
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| 735 | </indexterm> |
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| 736 | </listitem> |
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| 737 | </varlistentry> |
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| 738 | |
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| 739 | <varlistentry id="libdl"> |
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| 740 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libdl</filename></term> |
---|
| 741 | <listitem> |
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| 742 | <para>The dynamic linking interface library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 743 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libdl"> |
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[3f8be484] | 744 | <primary sortas="c-libdl">libdl</primary> |
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| 745 | </indexterm> |
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| 746 | </listitem> |
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| 747 | </varlistentry> |
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| 748 | |
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| 749 | <varlistentry id="libg"> |
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| 750 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libg</filename></term> |
---|
| 751 | <listitem> |
---|
| 752 | <para>A runtime library for <command>g++</command></para> |
---|
[cbbd1e4] | 753 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libg"> |
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[3f8be484] | 754 | <primary sortas="c-libg">libg</primary> |
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| 755 | </indexterm> |
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| 756 | </listitem> |
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| 757 | </varlistentry> |
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| 758 | |
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| 759 | <varlistentry id="libieee"> |
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| 760 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libieee</filename></term> |
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| 761 | <listitem> |
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| 762 | <para>The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) |
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| 763 | floating point library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 764 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libieee"> |
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[3f8be484] | 765 | <primary sortas="c-libieee">libieee</primary> |
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| 766 | </indexterm> |
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| 767 | </listitem> |
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| 768 | </varlistentry> |
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| 769 | |
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| 770 | <varlistentry id="libm"> |
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| 771 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libm</filename></term> |
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| 772 | <listitem> |
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| 773 | <para>The mathematical library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 774 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libm"> |
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[3f8be484] | 775 | <primary sortas="c-libm">libm</primary> |
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| 776 | </indexterm> |
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| 777 | </listitem> |
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| 778 | </varlistentry> |
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| 779 | |
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| 780 | <varlistentry id="libmcheck"> |
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| 781 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmcheck</filename></term> |
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| 782 | <listitem> |
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| 783 | <para>Contains code run at boot</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 784 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmcheck"> |
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[3f8be484] | 785 | <primary sortas="c-libmcheck">libmcheck</primary> |
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| 786 | </indexterm> |
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| 787 | </listitem> |
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| 788 | </varlistentry> |
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| 789 | |
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| 790 | <varlistentry id="libmemusage"> |
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| 791 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmemusage</filename></term> |
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| 792 | <listitem> |
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[d785e9d] | 793 | <para>Used by <command>memusage</command> (included in Glibc, but |
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[7087cbc] | 794 | not built in a base CLFS system as it has additional dependencies) |
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| 795 | to help collect information about the memory usage of a program</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 796 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmemusage"> |
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[3f8be484] | 797 | <primary sortas="c-libmemusage">libmemusage</primary> |
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| 798 | </indexterm> |
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| 799 | </listitem> |
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| 800 | </varlistentry> |
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| 801 | |
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| 802 | <varlistentry id="libnsl"> |
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| 803 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnsl</filename></term> |
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| 804 | <listitem> |
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| 805 | <para>The network services library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 806 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnsl"> |
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[3f8be484] | 807 | <primary sortas="c-libnsl">libnsl</primary> |
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| 808 | </indexterm> |
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| 809 | </listitem> |
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| 810 | </varlistentry> |
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| 811 | |
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| 812 | <varlistentry id="libnss"> |
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| 813 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnss</filename></term> |
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| 814 | <listitem> |
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| 815 | <para>The Name Service Switch libraries, containing functions for |
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| 816 | resolving host names, user names, group names, aliases, services, |
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| 817 | protocols, etc.</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 818 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnss"> |
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[3f8be484] | 819 | <primary sortas="c-libnss">libnss</primary> |
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| 820 | </indexterm> |
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| 821 | </listitem> |
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| 822 | </varlistentry> |
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| 823 | |
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| 824 | <varlistentry id="libpcprofile"> |
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| 825 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpcprofile</filename></term> |
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| 826 | <listitem> |
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| 827 | <para>Contains profiling functions used to track the amount of CPU |
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| 828 | time spent in specific source code lines</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 829 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpcprofile"> |
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[3f8be484] | 830 | <primary sortas="c-libpcprofile">libpcprofile</primary> |
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| 831 | </indexterm> |
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| 832 | </listitem> |
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| 833 | </varlistentry> |
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| 834 | |
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| 835 | <varlistentry id="libpthread"> |
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| 836 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpthread</filename></term> |
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| 837 | <listitem> |
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| 838 | <para>The POSIX threads library</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 839 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpthread"> |
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[3f8be484] | 840 | <primary sortas="c-libpthread">libpthread</primary> |
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| 841 | </indexterm> |
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| 842 | </listitem> |
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| 843 | </varlistentry> |
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| 844 | |
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| 845 | <varlistentry id="libresolv"> |
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| 846 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libresolv</filename></term> |
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| 847 | <listitem> |
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| 848 | <para>Contains functions for creating, sending, and interpreting |
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| 849 | packets to the Internet domain name servers</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 850 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libresolv"> |
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[3f8be484] | 851 | <primary sortas="c-libresolv">libresolv</primary> |
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| 852 | </indexterm> |
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| 853 | </listitem> |
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| 854 | </varlistentry> |
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| 855 | |
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| 856 | <varlistentry id="librpcsvc"> |
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| 857 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">librpcsvc</filename></term> |
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| 858 | <listitem> |
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| 859 | <para>Contains functions providing miscellaneous RPC services</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 860 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librpcsvc"> |
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[3f8be484] | 861 | <primary sortas="c-librpcsvc">librpcsvc</primary> |
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| 862 | </indexterm> |
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| 863 | </listitem> |
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| 864 | </varlistentry> |
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| 865 | |
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| 866 | <varlistentry id="librt"> |
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| 867 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">librt</filename></term> |
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| 868 | <listitem> |
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| 869 | <para>Contains functions providing most of the interfaces specified by |
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| 870 | the POSIX.1b Realtime Extension</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 871 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librt"> |
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[3f8be484] | 872 | <primary sortas="c-librt">librt</primary> |
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| 873 | </indexterm> |
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| 874 | </listitem> |
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| 875 | </varlistentry> |
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| 876 | |
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| 877 | <varlistentry id="libthread_db"> |
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| 878 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libthread_db</filename></term> |
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| 879 | <listitem> |
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| 880 | <para>Contains functions useful for |
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| 881 | building debuggers for multi-threaded programs</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 882 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libthread_db"> |
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[3f8be484] | 883 | <primary sortas="c-libthread_db">libthread_db</primary> |
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| 884 | </indexterm> |
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| 885 | </listitem> |
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| 886 | </varlistentry> |
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| 887 | |
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| 888 | <varlistentry id="libutil"> |
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| 889 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libutil</filename></term> |
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| 890 | <listitem> |
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| 891 | <para>Contains code for <quote>standard</quote> functions used in |
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| 892 | many different Unix utilities</para> |
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[cbbd1e4] | 893 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libutil"> |
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[3f8be484] | 894 | <primary sortas="c-libutil">libutil</primary> |
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| 895 | </indexterm> |
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| 896 | </listitem> |
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| 897 | </varlistentry> |
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| 898 | |
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| 899 | </variablelist> |
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| 900 | |
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| 901 | </sect2> |
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| 902 | |
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| 903 | </sect1> |
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